# List of Reading F.C. managers

This is a list of all managers of Reading Football Club.

## Managerial history

    As of match played 15 March 2025. Managers in italics were hired as interim or caretaker managers.
| Name | From | To | Duration | P | W | D | L | Win % |
| Harry Marshall | 23 February 1920 | 23 December 1920 | 304 days | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 31.58 |
| Jack Smith | 23 December 1920 | 11 May 1922 | 1 year, 139 days | 65 | 20 | 15 | 30 | 30.77 |
| The Board | 11 May 1922 | 1 January 1923 | 245 days | 138 | 35 | 36 | 67 | 25.36 |
| Arthur Chadwick | 1 January 1923 | 1 October 1925 | 2 years, 273 days | 112 | 38 | 28 | 46 | 33.93 |
| Harold Bray | 1 October 1925 | 1 June 1926 | 243 days | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 52.63 |
| Angus Wylie | 1 July 1926 | 1 June 1931 | 4 years, 335 days | 229 | 75 | 52 | 102 | 32.75 |
| Joe Smith | 1 June 1931 | 1 August 1935 | 4 years, 61 days | 184 | 92 | 49 | 43 | 50 |
| Billy Butler | 1 August 1935 | 1 March 1939 | 3 years, 212 days | 167 | 81 | 38 | 48 | 48.5 |
| Johnny Cochrane | 1 March 1939 | 13 April 1939 | 43 days | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 40 |
| Joe Edelston | 13 April 1939 | 1 June 1947 | 8 years, 49 days | 55 | 21 | 14 | 20 | 38.18 |
| Ted Drake | 1 June 1947 | 1 June 1952 | 5 years, 0 days | 234 | 114 | 46 | 74 | 48.72 |
| Arthur Smith | 1 June 1952 | 1 October 1955 | 3 years, 122 days | 164 | 59 | 38 | 67 | 35.98 |
| Fred May James Carter | 1 October 1955 | 1 November 1955 | 31 days | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 30 |
| Harry Johnston | 1 November 1955 | 1 January 1963 | 7 years, 61 days | 356 | 143 | 76 | 137 | 40.17 |
| Roy Bentley | 1 January 1963 | 1 February 1969 | 6 years, 31 days | 322 | 136 | 79 | 107 | 42.24 |
| Ray Henderson | 1 February 1969 | 1 April 1969 | 59 days | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 26.67 |
| Jack Mansell | 1 April 1969 | 1 October 1971 | 2 years, 183 days | 130 | 49 | 28 | 53 | 37.69 |
| Jimmy Wallbanks | 1 October 1971 | 13 January 1972 | 104 days | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 50 |
| Charlie Hurley | 13 January 1972 | 26 February 1977 | 5 years, 44 days | 284 | 108 | 82 | 94 | 38.03 |
| Maurice Evans | 26 February 1977 | 31 January 1984 | 6 years, 339 days | 334 | 133 | 93 | 108 | 39.82 |
| Ian Branfoot | 31 January 1984 | 23 October 1989 | 5 years, 265 days | 295 | 116 | 79 | 100 | 39.32 |
| Lew Chatterley | 23 October 1989 | 14 November 1989 | 19 days | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25 |
| Ian Porterfield | 14 November 1989 | 1 April 1991 | 1 year, 138 days | 70 | 27 | 22 | 21 | 38.57 |
| Eddie Niedzwiecki | 1 April 1991 | 30 April 1991 | 29 days | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14.29 |
| John Haselden | 30 April 1991 | 10 May 1991 | 10 days | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mark McGhee | 10 May 1991 | 14 December 1994 | 3 years, 218 days | 135 | 53 | 41 | 41 | 39.26 |
| Jimmy Quinn Mick Gooding Ady Williams Jeff Hopkins | 15 December 1994 | 4 January 1995 | 20 days | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 40 |
| Jimmy Quinn Mick Gooding | 5 January 1995 | 9 May 1997 | 2 years, 124 days | 127 | 46 | 34 | 47 | 36.22 |
| Terry Bullivant | 30 June 1997 | 18 March 1998 | 261 days | 50 | 15 | 14 | 21 | 30 |
| Alan Pardew | 18 March 1998 | 25 March 1998 | 7 days | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tommy Burns | 25 March 1998 | 16 September 1999 | 1 year, 175 days | 68 | 20 | 18 | 30 | 29.41 |
| Alan Pardew | 16 September 1999 | 9 September 2003 | 3 years, 358 days | 216 | 104 | 52 | 60 | 48.15 |
| Kevin Dillon | 10 September 2003 | 9 October 2003 | 29 days | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 28.57 |
| Steve Coppell | 9 October 2003 | 12 May 2009 | 5 years, 215 days | 282 | 126 | 66 | 90 | 44.68 |
| Brendan Rodgers | 4 June 2009 | 16 December 2009 | 195 days | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 26.09 |
| Brian McDermott | 16 December 2009 | 11 March 2013 | 3 years, 85 days | 152 | 70 | 41 | 41 | 46.05 |
| Eamonn Dolan | 11 March 2013 | 26 March 2013 | 15 days | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nigel Adkins | 26 March 2013 | 15 December 2014 | 1 year, 264 days | 80 | 29 | 20 | 31 | 36.25 |
| Steve Clarke | 16 December 2014 | 4 December 2015 | 354 days | 53 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 35.85 |
| Martin Kuhl | 4 December 2015 | 17 December 2015 | 13 days | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Brian McDermott | 17 December 2015 | 27 May 2016 | 175 days | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 30 |
| Jaap Stam | 13 June 2016 | 21 March 2018 | 1 year, 281 days | 98 | 40 | 23 | 35 | 40.82 |
| Paul Clement | 23 March 2018 | 6 December 2018 | 258 days | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 23.33 |
| Scott Marshall | 6 December 2018 | 22 December 2018 | 16 days | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| José Gomes | 22 December 2018 | 9 October 2019 | 291 days | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 23.68 |
| Mark Bowen | 14 October 2019 | 29 August 2020 | 320 days | 40 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 35 |
| Veljko Paunović | 29 August 2020 | 19 February 2022 | 1 year, 174 days | 80 | 27 | 17 | 36 | 33.75 |
| Eddie Niedzwiecki | 5 September 2020 | 5 September 2020 | 1 day | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Marko Mitrović | 2 November 2021 | 6 November 2021 | 4 days | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 |
| Paul Ince Michael Gilkes | 19 February 2022 | 16 May 2022 | 86 days | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 28.57 |
| Paul Ince | 16 May 2022 | 11 April 2023 | 330 days | 44 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 31.82 |
| Noel Hunt | 11 April 2023 | 8 May 2023 | 27 days | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Rubén Sellés | 26 June 2023 | 6 December 2024 | 1 year, 163 days | 78 | 34 | 18 | 26 | 43.59 |
| Noel Hunt | 7 December 2024 | Present | 99 days | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 31.82 |